2 Reyes 5:5

5 El rey de Siria le respondió:—Bien, puedes ir; yo le mandaré una carta al rey de Israel.Y así Naamán se fue, llevando treinta mil monedas de plata, seis mil monedas de oro^[a] y diez mudas de ropa.

2 Reyes 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, go to, go
On what Naaman related to him from what the maid had said, he urged him by all means to go directly to Samaria:

and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel;
recommending him to use his interest in his behalf; this was Jehoram the son of Ahab:

and he departed;
set out on his journey immediately, as soon as he could conveniently:

and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of
gold;
partly for the expenses of his journey, and partly to make presents to the king of Israel's servants, and especially to the prophet; a talent of silver, according to Brerewood ^F4, was three hundred and seventy five pounds of our money; but, according to Bishop Cumberland's ^F5 exact calculation, it was three hundred and fifty and three pounds eleven shillings and ten and an half pence the pieces of gold are, by the Targum, called golden pence, and a golden penny, according to the first of the above writers ^F6, was of the value of our money fifteen shillings; so that these amounted to 4500 pounds sterling:

and ten changes of raiment;
both for his own use, and presents.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
F5 Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 4. p. 120.
F6 Ut supra, (De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num.) c. 3.

2 Reyes 5:5 In-Context

3 Un día la muchacha le dijo a su ama: «Ojalá el amo fuera a ver al profeta que hay en Samaria, porque él lo sanaría de su lepra».

4 Naamán fue a contarle al rey lo que la muchacha israelita había dicho.

5 El rey de Siria le respondió:—Bien, puedes ir; yo le mandaré una carta al rey de Israel.Y así Naamán se fue, llevando treinta mil monedas de plata, seis mil monedas de oro y diez mudas de ropa.

6 La carta que le llevó al rey de Israel decía: «Cuando te llegue esta carta, verás que el portador es Naamán, uno de mis oficiales. Te lo envío para que lo sanes de su lepra».

7 Al leer la carta, el rey de Israel se rasgó las vestiduras y exclamó: «¿Y acaso soy Dios, capaz de dar vida o muerte, para que ese tipo me pida sanar a un leproso? ¡Fíjense bien que me está buscando pleito!»

Footnotes

• [a]. "treinta mil " "… " "oro" . Lit. "diez talentos de plata y seis mil {siclos} de oro" .